Mariah Espada is a Zillenial nuyorican journalist whose works have been seen on the cover of TIME magazine, Axios Latino, and more. We discussed her journey from growing up in Brooklyn public housing to sitting with some of our culture’s elite.

We had a blast learning more about Mariah, her family, her sources of inspiration, her passion for storytelling, and bringing more Latine representation to journalism. We hope you enjoy it! 

Moments:

1:20 Meet Mariah

3:05 How being Nuyorican shapes Mariah's work

6:05 Becoming a writer/storyteller

9:45 Breaking boundaries with multimedia storytelling

14:10 Tokenization in legacy media newsrooms

21:20 Bias in the way our communities are covered

28:00 Bad Bunny cover story for TIME Magazine

37:00 Mariah's TikTok walking tour series: https://www.tiktok.com/@hoodhistoryhere

40:25 Gentrified Brooklyn

54:25 Mariah's advice for combating writer's block

58:50 Mariah's advice to her younger self

Connect with Mariah:

On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mariahespada

On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hoodhistoryhere